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Wii Now Confirmed to Not be Region-Free
legoburner writes "Contrary to an earlier Slashdot story, Nintendo have now stated that the Wii will not be region free. The original claim came from Nintendo America, but Nintendo UK have gone on record denying the claims. They put it rather bluntly, stating: 'We are region-locked,' and that Nintendo America made a mistake by claiming otherwise."
FTW
People, you need to get your facts straight!!
What? Me? Get my facts straight?!?! What does RTFA mean??
Wow, I remember the post-E3 hype where people were talking about a 150 dollar Nintendo console that was going to rock the console world to its foundation and change the face of gaming forever with its revolutionary and innovative controller.
Fast forward and see how times have changed for Nintendo:
* Expensive console - 250 dollars for a souped up GameCube
* Expensive controllers - so much for having three or four friends over all using Wii controllers without shelling out big bucks
* Ho-hum games - A whole lot of Wii titles look to be "GameCube game with some pointing"
The Wii is looking like the Colin Powell of consoles - everyone loves it as long as the details aren't pinned down and gamers imprint their own hopes and desires on the console. But once the facts about the console come to light support starts to disappear.
Yes, that is the resounding sond of Booohs heard across the world.
No, the resounding sound is "YAAAAAWN". You do realize that the vast majority of people don't even know what regional encoding is, and the vast majority of the people who are left don't care, right?
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
I want to hear it from the people in charge who are running the show. That is the only way I will believe either way.
Fucking Nintenboi. Like a Japper-cock up your ass and throat, huh?
Of chaaJlenges that